A Dallas City Council briefing Wednesday afternoon about the re-do of S.M. Wright Freeway, elimination of Dead Man’s Curve and the project’s job training opportunities covered much of the same ground as Rudy Bush’s and Tom Benning’s story.

But the presentation also touched on some design elements of the S.M. Wright project as it transforms from a highway into a six-lane boulevard.

The new S.M. Wright is expected to include sustainable landscaping, gateway monuments, wide sidewalks to accommodate pedestrians and bicyclists and a water feature at Pine Street that would also help filter storm water runoff. The plans also call for keeping many of the mature live oak trees along the highway.

The plans also incorporates some “complete streets” principles popular in some -- but not all -- parts of Dallas. “Complete streets” encourages mixed-use development and emphasizes multiple modes of transportation -- walking, cycle and mass transit -- instead of relying entirely on cars.

Afterward, Matthew Craig, a vice president at the engineering and architecture firm Hallf Associates, said there was a desire to create a signature boulevard Dallas would be proud of. It’s expected, he said, to be South Dallas’ answer to Turtle Creek Boulevard.